Early computed tomography features in extensive middle cerebral artery territory infarct: Prediction of survival

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 354-357

  Lam, W W M ^a,b   Leung, T W H ^b   Chu, W C W ^b   Yeung, D T K ^b   Wong, L K S ^b   Poon, W S ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INFARCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELLA TURCICA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SURVIVAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 14544307389     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2003.035055     Document Type: Article

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